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'Off to Ripa Island'
This cartoon from the Maoriland Worker newspaper shows passive resisters being marched to Ripapa Island in Lyttleton Harbour.
Unity Congress 1913
Four hundred members of the Unity Congress marched on Parliament after the letter from the young men incarcerated on Ripapa Island was read out to their meeting in July 1913. A deputation from the Congress also had a meeting with the Prime Minister.
No More War Committee
A photograph of the 'No More War Committee' in 1929. Fred Page is standing second from left; Ada Wells is standing second from right. Sarah Page is seated in the centre of the middle row while her sister Annie is seated at the right of the front row.…
WILPF in Auckland, May 1916
WILPF met in Christchurch 1916 – 1918 as the Women's International League. The photograph shows Adela Pankhurst, centre, holding the flowers, and is seen here with a group of Auckland women in May 1916. Some of the women are wearing badges of the…
Flyer for public anti-conscription meeting
Flyer for a public anti-conscription meeting when Ada Wells and Charles Mackie were included in the line-up of speakers. National Peace Council pamphlet.
Ada Wells speaks to the National Council of Women
A photograph of Ada Wells, standing, speaking to the National Council of Women meeting in Wanganui in 1901
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Cost of Living and Anti-Conscription Demonstration
A photograph of a cost of living and anti-conscription demonstration in March 1917. It attracted over 2,500 people to the Colosseum in Christchurch.